The mouthy 2012 X Factor winner, already on a final warning from boss Simon Cowell, could find himself in yet more trouble after hitting on model Teddy Edwardes – and then turning nasty when she turned him down.

After she went online to retaliate to his nasty exchanges, James bizarrely threatened to sue her, adding: “Haha I have the best lawyers in the country.”

He later tried to deny all knowledge of her and posted: “Annoying when glamour models pretend they are talking to you to get their breasts in Nuts magazine.”

Teddy, 23, hit back by posting screen grabs of the pair’s text exchanges.